Device for caring for infants.



No. 822,889. PATENTEE EUNE 5, 1906.

K. I. FAEFST. DEVICE FOR CARING FOR INFANTS.

APPLIQAZIQH FILM) NOV. 25, 1904.

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PATENTED JUNE 5, 1905 K. I. FAUST. DEVIGB FOR CARING FOR INFANTS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.25, 1904.

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K. I. FAUSTi DEVICE FOR CARING PGR INFANTS.

APPLICATION FILED K0125, 1904.

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DEVICE FOR CARlNG FOR INFANTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 5, 1906.

Application filed November 25,1904. Serial No. 234,166.

To rail whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, KARL I. FAUST, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cleveland, county of Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Devices for Caring for Infants, of which the following is a/specification, the principle of the invention being herein explained and the best mode in which I have contemplated applying that principle, so as to distinguish it from other inventions.

My invention relates to a device for caring for infants, and particularly to various combinations of the essential parts of a bed, bath, chair, and buggy, and has for its object the provision of efiicient means embodying the arts of said articles which will enable the infant to be cared for under very desirable sanitary conditions and with a minimum expenditure of time and effort by the mother or nurse.

Said invention consists of means hereinafter fully described, and particularly set forth in the claims.

The annexed drawings and the following descri tion set forth in detail certain means embodying the invention, such disclosed means constitutin however, but one of the various mechanic-a forms in which the principle of the invention may be used.

In said annexed drawings, Figure 1 represents a partial elevation and partial vertical section of a standard or support comprising one feature of my improve device with a bed-body mounted thereon provided with a bed and supporting a canopy. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1 the canopy being removed, a bath-tub being secured to the su port, and two posi tions of the bed being shown. Fig. 3 represents a lan view of the standard and bathtub. 1g. 4 represents a broken front view of the standard and tub. Fig. 5 represents a plan view of the standard and a pivotal supporting member for the bed, two positions of said supporting member being shown and the outline of the bed in two corresponding positions being indicated. Figs. 6 and 7 represent vertical sections taken upon the planes indicated by the lines 6 6 and 7 7, respectively, Fig. 5. Fig. 8 re resents a central vertical section of the be -body, the means connecting the same with the su port, a rubber bath-tub contained within tlie body, and a broken elevation of a bearing-rod forming the upper part of the support. Fig. represents an elevation of the standard as utilized for the support of an infants chair. Fig. 10 represents a perspective view of a basket or bed. Fig. 11 represents an elevation of the bed-body and bed as utilized upon a babycarriage. Fig. 12 represents a plan view of running-gear utilized upon an improved form of baby-carriage, and Fig. 13 represents a side view of a spider forming an element of said running-gear.

The spirit of my invention is to provide a device by means of which many of the varied duties concerned with thecare of infants may be satisfactorily fulfilled and inwhich device the same parts may subserve for different duties, thereby dispensing with many unnecessary parts which have been heretofore used when the bed, bath, chair, and carriage have been separate and distinct articles. To this end I provide a support or standard A, Figs. 1, 2, and 9, comprising a base consisting of four elements a, provided with means for receiving suitable casters a, and an upright portion comprisin a fixed member a and a vertically-ad ustab e member a, the latter com prisin a main member a and a vertical rod a yiel ingly su ported within said main member a. As wil be readil Y understood from an inspection of Fig. 1, t e membar a is rendered vertically ad 'ustable in the fixed member a. by means of t e mechanism utilized to support said member a, which comprises the pointed pawl 1), adapted to catc in the ratchet b and prevent the memher a. from falling, but which slips out of said slots when the member a is moved in the other direction, thereb enablin it to be moved upwardly, as will be rea ily understood, the arm 5, spring I), link I), and footiece b enabling the withdrawal of the pawl from the ratchet b to allow of the lowering of the member a when desired. The rod of has free movement through a lower transverse arm a. of the member a, bearing against which arm at one end and against an upper transverse arm a at the other nd and encircling the rod a is a spring a of suitable tension to bear whatever wel ht it might be desired to support upon the re a. The upper arm a is free to move vertically in the member of, but is rigidly secured to the rod of, so that it will be seen that said rod of is yieldinglysupported in the member a and may be reciprocated vertically inde endently thereof.

Supported upon t 1e rod 11 is a bed-body C, comprising a base 6, in which are secured at their lower ends any desired number of ele- E tending arm adapted to engage and embraee the standard A, and thus, in conjunc ments 0', which are fastened at their tops in an elliptiealshaped connectim member e, thus forming a skeleton or which a bed may be placed. Such a bed is illustrated at D, Figs. 1, 2, 10, and 11, and may be of any construction, ratan baskets being one desirable form. As shown in F ig. 1, a canopy E may be supported over the bed in any suitable manner. Secured to the under side of the base 0 of the bed-body C is a triangular-shaped member F, Figs. 5, 6, and 7, which is pivoted, by means of a pin f contained in a downwardly-extending ournal portion 1', to a second member G, comprising two radial arms g g, connected near their outer extremities by means of a cross-arm 9, Fig. 5, and provided at their inner extremity with a downwardly-projecting bearing portion 9 within which the portion f is journaled. Said arms 9 g are of enlarged crosssection at their extreme ends and provided with transverse grooves g, Fig. 7, through which a. downwardly and outwardly projecting tongue provided upon an outer curved arm f of the member F, is adapted to pass when said member F is oscillated about the journal portion f The tongue is sugported in the moves 9, as will be noted. ne of the radiafarms g is provided intermediately of its ends and adjacent to the cross-arm g with a downwardly-projeeting bearing portion 9, adapted to receive the it )per journal end of the rod (1 by means of which said "rod supports the bed-body and adjacent parts. It will be noted also that said journal portion of the rod a is a center about which'said bedbody and adjacent parts may be revolved. A suitable set-screw g", Fig. 5, engaging the rod a", enables said rod and su ported parts to be locked relatively to each other. By means of a suitable dog h, Fig. 6, the members F and G can be securely fastened together at either of two holes h and h, Fig. 5, so that they may have no lateral movement relatively to each other. By loosening up the dog so as to release the member F from the member G, it will be seen that said mem ber F is movable in a horizontal plane, and the bed-body can thus be moved laterally relatively to the support A, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5, the distance of the movement in either direction of the member F, and consequently of the bed-bodv, being limited to the. length of the are from hole h to hole M, Fig. 5, as will be readily understood.

Secured to the vertically-adjustable memher aare two laterally-extending lugs Fig. 3, provided with bearing-surfaces for two outwardly and downwardly projecting arms 7'' y" of a bracket J, which is adapted to be secured to a bath-tub K, Figs. .2, 3, and 4, and is provided with a curved supporting portion j adapted to extend under and support the tub, and with a curved laterally-exiramcwork in 1 tion with the lugs and the arms j j, secure the tub to said standard.

The standard A may be used as a su )port for any suitable infants chair by simply removing the bed and bed-body and supporting a chair M upon the rod (1. as shown in Fig. 9. BY removing the bed D from the bed-body C the latter may be made the sup port for a-suitable bath-tub when it is desirable to bathe the infant in such a manner rather than in a porcelain or papier-mach tub attached to the standard, as is shown in Fig. 2. Such an expedient is shown in Fig. 8, where a rubber bath-tub L is placed in the bed-body C and secured over the member 0 by means of the marginal flange Z. Another adaptation'of my invention is shown in Figs. 11, 12, and 13, in which the same bed and bed-body are used in connection with a carriage N, an elevation of the carriage complete being shown in Fig. 11, a plan view of a running-gear in Fig. 12, and a side view of a spider O forming part of said gear in Fig. 13. I do not claim in this application any novel construction of the running-gear for the carriage-frame shown in said Figs. 11, 12, and 13, as the same forms the subject-matter of another pendin application for a atent therefor. It wi 1 be noted that the spider 0, Fig. 13, is provided with two small rectangular lugs o 0, adapted to engage corresponding recesses y" g in the bearing portion g of the member G, and thus prevent the bed-body from turning relatively to the carriage. Qbviously these recesses g g" are not utilized when the rod a, is used as a support, as shown in Figs. 1 and 8, but are nevertheless shown therein in order that it may be readil a parent that the same bed D and bed-bo y can be utilized both with the carriage and the su ort A.

rom the foregoing description it will be noted that highly sanitary means have been rovided for the easy and efiioient care of lnfants wherein, first, the child can be lifted from the bed directly into the tub, as shown in Fig. 2, both bed and tub being adjusted to any desired height, so as to avoid an unnecessary bending over, and the bed ein swung around out of the way while the tu is being used, as is shown in Figs. 2 and 5; second, the bed can be utilized as an ordinary cradle for soothin the child and uttin 1t to sleep, as shown in Fig. l the bed bodydnaing rotated about the red a to give a gentle motion to the. bed, if desired; third, a jumper is provided by means of the arrangement of the spring a and connected parts, as shown in Fig. 1 fourth, the same standard can be used to so )port a chair, as shown in Fig. 9; fifth, a tub can be utilized when supported in the bod-body, as shown in Fig. 8, and, sixth, the same bed and bed-body can be IIE ceases 3 used in connection with a carriage or go-cart frame.

Other modes of applying tlieLprinciple of my invention may e em loye instead of the one explained, change sing made as regards the means herein disclosed, rovided the means stated by any one of the ollowing claims or the equivalent of such stated means be employed.

1 therefore particularly point out and distinctl claim as my invention 1. in a device for caring for infants, the combination of an upright support, a bedbody, and means connecting such body and support, said means being arranged to allow said body to be shifted and fixed in different positions in horizontal planes and relatively to said support.

2. In a device for caring for infants, the combination of a support comprising a base portion and an upri ht portion; a bed-body,

and means for securing the bottom of said body to the top of said upright portion, sai means being arranged so as to allow the point of support of such bottom to be moved latorally 3. In a device for caring for infants, the combination of an upright rod; a bed-body; and means connecting such rod with the bottom of said body, said means including a member secured relatively to said rod, and a second member secured to the bottom of the bed-body and pivotally mounted in said first member. 7

4. In a device for caring for infants, the combination of a support; a member secured thereto and provided with a guiding-surface; a second member pivotally secured to said first member and provided with a projecting portion adapted to engage said guiding-suraoe; and a ed-body secured to said pivotal member.

5. Ina device for caring for infants, the combination of a sup ort; a member rotatably mounted upon t e upper end thereof; means for securing said member relatively to said support; a second member pivotallv mounted in said first member; and a be body secured to said pivotal member.

6. In a device for caring for infants, the

l l g l combination of a sup )ort; a member rota tably mounted upon t e upper end thereof;

means for securing said member relatively to said support; a second member pivotally mounted in said first member; means for securing said members relatively to each other; and a bed-body secured to said pivotal memher.

7. In a device for caring for infants, the combination of a support: a member provided with a guiding suriaco at one end and secured to said support adjacent to said end; a second member provided with a downwardly-pridedin tongue at one end ada ted to engage and be supported by said guit in -surface, said two members being pivota ly secured together at their other ends; and a bed-body scoured to said pivotal member,

8. In a device for caring for infants, the combination of a sup ort; a bed-body; a member secured to sak support and includ- Eng two radial arms each provided with a goblin -sur'lace; a second member scrum! to the edbody, )ivotally secured at one end to said first mom or and provided at its free endbwith a downwarrllyprojecting tongue adapted to engage and be supported by said gui ing'surfaces; means for fixing said two members in difl'erent positions rciativcly to each other; and means for limiting the amount of movement of the free end of said pivotal member.

In a device for caring for infants, the combination with a support comprising a base having an upright tubular portion. a member ad gustably secured in said portion, and a second member yieldinglv supported by said first member; of abedbody. and means for securing the bottom of said bedbody to said second member, such means being arranged to allow the oint of support of such bottom to be moved aterally,

Signed by me this 17th day of November, 1904.

KARL I. FAUST, 

